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Why was Sargon remembered? |
Sargon was remembered because in about 2340 B.C., Sargon conquered all of Mesopotamia and created the worlds first empire. |
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Why was Hammurabi remembered? |
Hammurabi was remembered because Hammurabi created the Babylonian Empire and his law code. |
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Why were the Assyrian's remembered? |
The Assyrian's were remembered because in the 900 B.C. the Assyrian's started taking over Mesopotamia and of their large army and how powerful and strong they were. |
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Why were the Chaldean's remembered? |
The Chaldean's were remembered because they rebelled against the Assyrian's and then controlled all of Mesopotamia from 605 B.C. to 562 B.C. |
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What were ziggurats? |
A ziggurat was a grand temple to that city-states cheif god. The word ziggurat means "mountain of god" or "hill of heaven." |
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Why was fire so important? |
Fire helped the people, cook, keep warm, and keep preditor away a night. |
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Why was farming soo important? |
Farming helped the people with feed themselves and their animals. |
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What were some of the Palolithic and Neolithic acomplishments? |
- fire - technology - farming - domesticating animals and plants - specialization of jobs - irrigation - wagon wheel - sailboat - cuneiform |
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Who are Historians? |
Historians are people who study and write about the past. |
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Who are Archaeologist? |
Acheoligist are scientist that hunt for evidence burried in the ground where settlements might once have been. |
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What are Artifacts? |
Artifacts are weapons, tools, and other thing made by humans. |
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What are Fossils? |
Fossils are traces of plants and animals that ae been preserved by nature. |
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Who were Anthroplogists? |
Anthropologists are scientist who focos on human society and how humans developed and how they are related to one another. |
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Who where Nomads? |
People who reguraly move from place to place. |
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What was Technology? |
Technology were tools or methods to help people preform tasks. |
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What was Domesticating? |
Domesticating was to tame plats or animals for human use. |
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What was Specilazation? |
Specilazation is the development of diffrent kinds of job. |
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What is a Civilazation? |
Civilazations are complex societies. |
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What was Irrigation? |
Irrigation is a method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops. |
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What is a City-State? |
A city-state is an independent state made up of a city and the surronding landand villiages. |
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Who were Artisans? |
Artisans were skilled workers who made metal products, coth, and pottery. |
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What was Cunneiform? |
Summerian system of writting made uup of wedge-shaped markings. |
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What were Scribes? |
Scribes are record keepers. |
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What was an Empire? |
A group of many diffrent lands under one ruler. |
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What are Provinces? |
Provinces are political districts. |
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Who were Caravans? |
Caravans are groups of travling merchants. |
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Who were Astronomers? |
Astronomers are scientists who study the heavenly bodies, map the stars and planets, and the phases of the moon. |
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Who were in the Upper Class? |
~ Kings ~ Queens ~ Priests ~Priestesses |
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Who was Nebuchadnezzer? |
The king of the Chaldeans. He controlled Mesopotamia from 605 B.C. to 562 B.C. |
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Who were the Hitties? |
The Hitties were people tht lived north of Assyria. They found a way to make iron stronger. |
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How were Dams Helpful? |
Dams helped by helping to control flooding. |
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Why were Wagon Weels Helpful? |
Wagon weels helped by moving on land faster and getting places faster. |
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Why were Sailbats Helpful? |
Sailboats helped by getting around faster on water. |
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Why was Cuneiform Helpful? |
Cuneiform helped by keeping record of stories, inventions, and other things that needed to be recored. |
